Miss L Ashwell v Halo Resourcing Limited (in voluntary liquidation) and 1 other — 2026

The claimant applied for a role with the second respondent through the first respondent. The tribunal found that the claimant had told the first respondent about a sex discrimination claim or dispute with her previous employer, and that this was a protected act.

The tribunal struck out the direct age and sex discrimination complaints because the claimant had put forward no evidence beyond assertions and a request for disclosure, and there was no basis on which the burden of proof would shift.

On victimisation, the tribunal found that the first respondent did not tell the second respondent about the protected act or any related dispute. The second respondent had no knowledge of it, and the tribunal found contemporaneous evidence that the claimant was not taken forward because there was no live role, her CV did not show asset finance experience, and her location was not commutable for the role as understood by the second respondent.